Rankine cycle bottoming plant

ABSTRACT

A primary power source rejects heat by means of its exhaust and its cooling system. A Rankine cycle engine includes a dual vapor generator system for simultaneously utilizing heat rejected by both the exhaust and the cooling system to vaporize a working fluid in a bottoming cycle. Subsequently, the vaporized working fluid is expanded to produce work.

United States Patent [191 7 Morgan et al.

[ Aug. 20, 1974 RANKINE CYCLE BOTTOMING PLANT [75] Inventors: Dean T.Morgan, Sudbury; Jerry P.

Davis, Concord, both of Mass.

[73] Assignee:- Thermo Electron Corporation,

Waltham, Mass.

2,435,042 1/1948 .lohansson 60/49 2,593,963 4/1952 Biggs 60/38 3,183,6665/1965 Jackson 60/38 3,736,745 6/1973 Karig 60/36 Primary ExaminerEdgarW. Geoghegan Assistant Examiner-H. Burks, Sr. Attorney, Agent, orFirmJames L. Neal [5 7 ABSTRACT A primary power source rejects heat bymeans of its exhaust and its cooling system. A Rankine cycle engineincludes a dual vapor generator system for simultaneously utilizing heatrejected by both the exhaust and the cooling system to vaporize aworking fluid in a bottoming cycle. Subsequently, the vaporized workingfluid is expanded to produce work.

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CONDENSER BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The current energy crisis demandsmore efficient utilization of fuel in fossil fuel engines to conserveavailable resources. Current methods of conservation includerecuperation and improvements in engine design, but these methods arelimited in the extent to which they can significantly increase theefflciency of a fossil fuel engine. Environmental considerations alsorequire more efficient energy producing systems and less thermalpollution.

All fossil fuel power generating systems reject large amounts of heat incombustion products. Some of this heat may be recaptured by recuperativepreheating of fuels and air destined for combustion in the powergenerating system, but often most of the heat energy goes unused.Rankine cycle engines are usable in some applications as bottoming cycleengines to recapture this lost energy in an efficient manner byconverting the heat energy into mechanical energy. The Rankine cycleengine may effect this energy conversion by using rejected heat from theprimary power source to vaporize the working fluid. The vapor may thenbe expanded to perform work. Thereafter, working fluid is condensed. andrecirculated in the closed system. 1

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION This invention pertains to an efficientutilization of low temperature reject heat from a fossil fuel primarypower source by using a Rankine cycle secondary power source as abottoming cycle. The overall efficiency of a power generating system isthus improved by maximum utilization of rejected heat from the primarypower source. Heat rejected from both the exhaust system and the coolantsystem is recaptured by means of a single Rankine cycle systemcomprising two vapor generators. Two vapor generators are used since theexhaust system has temperatures much higher than those in the coolantsystem and the working fluid heated by the exhaust system may bevaporized at a much higher pressure than that heated by the coolantsystem.

The load driven by the primary power source may be the same load drivenby the secondary power source so that the secondary power sourcesupplements the primary one or each power source may drive a separateload. Regeneration may be employed in the Rankine cycle system toproduce more efficient operation. An organic working fluid is preferredsince such fluids have low heats of vaporization, good entropycharacteristics, and are non-corrosive.

This invention is especially suited for an electric power generatingplant where the primary power source is :1 Diesel engine and the load isan electric generator. This invention can be adapted for large or smallelectric power generating requirements and very high overall plantefficiencies can be achieved.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing apreferred embodiment of this invention;

FIG. 2 depicts the heat exchange relationship of two fluids in acounterflow heat exchanger; and

FIG. 3 is a temperature-entropy diagram associated with a preferredembodiment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Referring to FIG. 1, a primarypower source 10 includes an internal combustion engine 12, for example aDiesel engine, an exhaust system 14 for removing combustion productsfrom the engine 12, and a closed coolant system 16 for removing heatfrom the engine 12. The primary power source 10 drives a load 24 whichmay be an electric generator. The exhaust system l4 removes thecombustion products from the engine l2 and transports them externallythereof. The coolant system 16 encloses a coolant fluid and comprisesmeans 18 for confining such fluid in the engine, means 19 fortransporting relatively hot coolant fluid away from the engine 12 andmeans 21 for returning relatively cool coolant fluid to the engine 12.The fluid in the coolant system 16 may be water or another suitablefluid.

A secondary power source comprises a closed Rankine cycle engine 32including a high pressure vapor generator 34, a low pressure vaporgenerator 36, an expander 38, a condenser 40, a pump system 42, aregenerator 44, a first conduit 46 connecting the high pressure vaporgenerator 34 with the expander 38, a second conduit 48 connecting thelow pressure vapor generator 36 with the expander 38, a third conduit 50connecting the expander 38 with the condenser 40, a fourth conduit 54connecting the condenser 40 to the high pressure vapor generator 34, anda fifth conduit 52 connecting the condenser 40 with the low pressurevapor generator 36.

The vapor generator 34 vaporizes a working fluid at relatively highpressure with the relatively hot combustion products from the exhaustsystem 14 as a heat source. An exhaust port 15 discharges cooledcombustion products from the high pressure vapor generator 34. The vaporgenerator 36 vaporizes working fluid at a relatively low pressure withthe relatively warm coolant fluid from the coolant system 16 as a heatsource. The expander 38 receives vaporized working fluid from each vaporgenerator. The expander 38 is preferrably a turbine having a highpressure side 60 for expanding vaporized working fluid from the highpressure vapor generator 34 and a low pressure side 62 for expandingvaporized working fluid from the low pressure vapor generator 36. Thehigh pressure chamber 60 contains a first turbine rotor 64; the lowpressure chamber contains a second turbine rotor 66; and both turbinerotors are connected to a common shaft 68. The turbine shaft 68communicates with a load such as an electric generator. The load 90 maybe the same load 24 to which the primary power source 10 is attached orit may be a totally independent one. The regenerator 44 preheats liquidworking fluid in conduits 52 and 54 using expanded vaporized workingfluid. As shown in FIG. I, the regenerator may be located in theexpander 38 adjacent to the high pressure chamber 60.

The pump system 42, located between the condenser 40 and the regenerator44, comprises two pumps, a low pressure pump 92, a high pressure pump94, and a means 96 for regulating the flow of liquid working fluid. Thelow pressure pump 92 is adapted for drawing the liquid working fluidfrom the condenser 40 and directing it to the flow dividing means 96.The high pressure pump 94 draws one portion of the working fluid fromthe flow dividing means 96 and directs it toward the high pressure vaporgenerator 34. The other portion of the working fluid is directed to thelow pressure vapor generator 36 by the low pressure pump 92. The means98 for regulating the flow of liquid working fluid comprises a firstvalve 80 in the fourth conduit 52 for regulating the rate at whichworking fluid enters the low pressure vapor generator 26 and a secondvalve 82 in the fifth conduit 54 for regulating the rate at whichworking fluid enters the high pressure vapor generator 34. Alternately,the high pressure pump 94 may draw working fluid directly from thecondenser 40 while the low pressure pump 92 also draws fluid directlyfrom the condenser 40. With the pump in such parallel arrangement, theflow dividing means is not needed.

The working fluid in the secondary power source 30 may be any fluid witha boiling point of not less than 100F or greater than 300 F atatmospheric pressure. Organic fluids are preferred. A preferred organicworking fluid is Fluorinal 85, a mixture of 85 mole percenttrifluoroethanol and mole percent water, which is available fromHalocarbon Products Corporation of Hackensack, New Jersey. This workingfluid is preferred for basically three reasons: 1) a low latent heat ofvaporization increases the external efficiency of the engine; 2) nearlyisentropic behavior in the saturation portion of the vapor domeincreases the internal efficiency of the engine; and 3)'the noncorrosivenature of the fluid prolongs the life of the structural components ofthe engine. Other possible working fluids include a pyridine and watermixture, monochlorobenzene, and hexafluorobenzene.

FIG. 2, which depicts the heat exchange process in a counterflow vaporgenerator, shows why a low heat of vaporization increases the externalefficiency of the Rankine cycle engine 32. The upper line 100 is a plotof the temperature of the combustion products versus the percentage oftotal heat transferred from the combustion products to the working fluidremaining in the combustion products. The lower line l02is a plot of theworking fluid temperature versus the percentage of the total heattransferred which has been transferred to the working fluid. Thedifference between the combustion products temperature on line 100 andthe working fluid temperature on line 102 at any value of the percentageon the abscissa is represented by the (dT). To obtain a completelyreversible heat exchange process, (a'l) should be zero, and to obtainthe maximum external efficiency, the process must be reversible. If theprocess is irreversible, heat is lost to the system and not used toperform work.

For practical reasons, (dT) can never be zero since, as (dT approacheszero, the size of the vapor generator must approach infinity. Thus, (dT)should be reduced to a minimum which is determined by the sizerequirements of the vapor generator. Ideally, this minimum should bemaintained throughout the heat exchange process to obtain maximumefficiency. In practice, as shown in FIG. 2, as the temperature of thecombustion products decreases linearly, the temperature of the workingfluid increases linearly until vaporization occurs. The value (JT)decreases to its minimum just before vaporization of the working fluidoccurs. The value of (dT) can be reduced to its minimum much morequickly by regeneration, which increases the temperature of the workingfluid at the start of the heat exchange process. The point 104 at whichvaporization of the working fluid occurs is called the pinch point 104.After the pinch point 104, the slope of the upper line 100 remains thesame, but that of the lower line 102 goes abruptly to zero as theworking fluid changes state and continues to absorb heat but at aconstant temperature. After the change of state occurs, the slope oflower line 102 again abruptly assumes a positive linear value as thetemperature of the working fluid again increases as it approaches thatof the combustion products. When the change of state occurs, (JP)becomes larger. The greater the latent heat of vaporization of the fluidis, the larger (aT) becomes before the temperature of the working fluidagain begins to increase. Since most organic fluids have a relativelylow latent heat of vaporization, the values of (JD occurring in thevapor generator of a Rankine cycle engine will generally be favorable tothe creation of high external efficiencies.

FIG. 3 is a temperature-entropy diagram for Fluorinal 85 showing thatorganic fluids result in high internal efficiency in a Rankine cycleengine. The curve is the vapor dome for Fluorinal 85, while the curve 74shows the operation of the Rankine cycle engine with Fluorinal as aworking fluid. The expansion step is represented by points D to'E on thecurve 74. As can be seen, the entire expansion step occurs outside thevapor dome. No condensation of working fluid occurs and no energy islost in the system. If droplets had formed, because they would have alower velocity than the vapor, turbine efficiency would be reduced.

Water, a typical inorganic fluid, has a more destructive effect on aRankine cycle engine than do organic fluids. Liquid is formed in theexpansion step and this tends to erode the expander 38 and necessitatesits replacement from time to time. Also, water tends to react with manymetals and corrode them, thus reducing the life of any metal parts inthe engine. Most organic fluids will not corrode metals and, when noliquid forms in the expansion step, they do not erode the expander 38.

The operation of the secondary power source 30 is illustratedschematically by FIG. 1 and in FIG. 3 it is depicted as a function ofthe thermodynamic variables temperature and entropy when atrifluoroethanol and water working fluid is used. The upper curve 74shows the portion of the cycle involving the high pressure vaporgenerator 34 while the lower curve 72 shows the portion of the cycleinvolving the low pressure vapor generator 36.

Relatively hot combustion products from the engine 12 are directed tothe high pressure vapor generator 34 from the exhaust system 14.Combustion products pass into the high pressure vapor generator 34,while relatively cool liquid working fluid is entering the high pressurevapor generator 34 from the fourth conduit 54. (See point A in FIG. 3.)The combustion products pass into a counterflow heat exchangerelationship with the liquid working fluid. The combustion products loseheat to the working fluid and are then exhausted through the exhaustport 15. The liquid working fluid is heated to its boiling point by thecombustion products. (A-B in FIG. 3.) The working fluid is thenvaporized at a constant temperature. (B-C in FIG. 3.) Further heating ofthe working fluid vapor by the combustion products super-heats theworking fluid. (C-D in FIG. 3.) Thereafter, the vapor expands (D-E) inthe chamber 60. Regenerative cooling is represented between E and F;condensation from F to H; pumping from H to l, and regenerative heatingbetween I and A.

Typically, with a Diesel, combustion products enter the high pressurevapor generator 34 at a temperature of about 700 F and exit at atemperature of about 250 F, the temperature below which condensation ofcertain of the combustion products occurs. Working fluid, for exampleFluorinal 85, enters the high pressure vapor generator 34 at atemperature of about 210 F in a liquid form and exits as a vapor at atemperature of about 600 F and a pressure of about 700 psia. The exittemperatures of both the combustion products and the working fluid maybe varied to suit the requirements of the system by varying the flowrates of the working fluid and the combustion products. However, thereare some limits to this variation. The exit temperature of the workingfluid can never exceed the initial temperature of the combustionproducts. Further, because the combustion products begin to condense attemperatures below 250 F and corrode the high pressure vapor generator34, the combustion products should preferably not be cooled below 250 F.

Simultaneous with the above process, vaporized coolant fluid from thecoolant system 16 is directed by the means 19 to the low pressure vaporgenerator 36. Working fluid passes in heat exchange relationship withthe vaporized coolant fluid. The vaporized coolant fluid is cooled andcondensed to form a liquid, and is returned to the coolant system by themeans 21 where it is again heated by the engine 12. The working fluid invapor generator 36 is heated to its boiling point (X in FIG. 3) andvaporized (X-Y). The working fluid is then expanded (Y-Z) in the chamber62 of expander 38 and thereafter mixed with expanded working fluid fromchamber 60. The fluid is condensed (Z-H), pumped to the regenerator(H-V), experiences regen-' erative heating (l-W) and is then heated toboiling (W-X) in the vapor generator 36. Typically, where the engine 12is a Diesel and the coolant fluid is water, steam from the coolantsystem 16 at 250 F enters the low pressure vapor generator 36and exitsas liquid at 220 F. The working fluid typically enters the low pressurevapor generator 36 as a liquid at about 210 F and exits as vapor at atemperature of about 235 F and a pressure of about 50 psia.

Operation of the expander 38, condenser 40, pump means 42 and theregenerator 44 will now be explained in more detail in connection withFIGS. 1 and 3. The vaporized working fluid from the high pressure vaporgenerator 34 passes to the high pressure side 60 of the expander 38where it rapidly expands, driving the first turbine rotor 64. This rapiddecrease in pressure and corresponding increase in volume of the workingfluid vapor is accompanied by a decrease in temperature of the vapor.The working fluid vapor enters the high pressure chamber at atemperature of 600 F and a pressure of 700 psia and exits the highpressure chamber at a temperature of 300 F and a pressure of 3 psia.

Working fluid vapor from the high pressure chamber 60 flows through theregenerator 44 and into heat exchange relationship with liquid workingfluid from the condenser 40 where it loses much of its heat energy.

This working fluid enters the regenerator 44 at a temsure side 62 ofthe. expander 38 where it rapidly expands driving the second turbinerotor 66. This vapor also experiences a decrease in temperature as itsvolume increases and its pressure decreases. The vapor enters the lowpressure side 62 at a temperature of 235 F and a pressure of about 50psia and exits the low pressure side 62 at a temperature of 100 F and apressure of about 3 psia.

The working fluid vapor from the regenerator 44 I0 joins with workingfluid vapor from the low pressure side 62 and the entire mass of vaporflow enters the condenser 40. The heat removing fluid is drawn throughthe condenser 40 in heat exchange relationship with the vaporizedworking fluid. Heat is transferred from the relatively hot working fluidto the heat removing fluid. The vaporized working fluid is first cooledto its boiling point at the pressure maintained in the condenser 40;then it is condensed to form a liquid. The condenser is maintained at apressure of 3 psia, and the boiling point of Fluorinal 85 at thatpressure is 100 F.

The pump system 42 then draws the liquid working fluid from thecondenser 40 for return to both the high pressure vapor generator 34 andthe low pressure vapor generator 36. The working fluid is first drawninto the pump system through the low pressure pump 92. It is placedunder a slightly elevated pressure. The working fluid then enters theflow dividing means 96 where one portion of the flow is diverted to thelow pressure vapor generator 36 and the rest of the flow is diverted tothe high pressure pump 94 where it is placed under a higher pressure.The first valve regulates the flow rate of working fluid to the highpressure vapor generator 34 and the flow to vapor generator 36 isregulated by the second valve 82.

After leaving the condenser 40, working fluid in the fourth conduit 54and in the fifth conduit 52 passes through the regenerator 44. Theworking fluid in the fourth conduit 54 enters the regenerator 44 with atemperature of about 100 F and exits with a temperature of about 210 F,while the working fluid in the fifth conduit 52 enters with atemperature of about 100 F and exits with a temperature of about 2l0 Fas well. Regeneration of the working fluid prior to its entry into thehigh pressure and low pressure vapor generators 34 and 36, respectively,increases the efficiency of the Rankine cycle engine 32, but is notessential to its operation. Engine efficiency will also be increased ifonly one of the conduits 52 or 54 passes through the regenerator 44.

If Fluorinal is used as the working fluid, the greatest overallefficiency of the power source is obtained if the working fluid isregenerated to a temperature of about 210 F. This produces a value of(JP) in the high pressure vapor generator 34 as the working fluid entersof about 40 F and a value of (111") in the low pressure vapor generator36 as the working fluid enters of about 10 F. Thus, (aT) is minimized inboth the high pressure vapor generator and the low pressure vaporgenerator, and the upper line and the lower line 102 in FlG.- 2 arealmost parallel throughout the entire heat exchange process.

We claim:

1. In a power generating system comprising a primary power source and asecondary power source, the primary power source comprising an internalcombustion engine, exhaust means for discharging hot combustion productsfrom the internal combustion engine, and closed coolant means confiningheat removing fluid in the internal combustion engine; the secondarypower source comprising a Rankine cycle power system adapted forutilization of reject heat from the primary source; the Rankine cyclepower system comprising:

a. a high pressure vapor generator for vaporizing a working fluid athigh pressure;

b. first means for directing the hot combustion products from theexhaust means into heat exchange relationship with working fluid in thehigh pressure vapor generator;

c. a low pressure vapor generator for vaporizing a working fluid at lowpressure;

d. second means for directing the fluid from the coolant means into heatexchange relationship with working fluid in the low pressure vaporgenerator;

e. a single expander means for receiving vaporized working fluid fromboth the high and low pressure vapor generators and adapted to permitboth working fluid vapor from the high pressure vapor generator andworking fluid vapor from the low pressure vapor generator to expand andperform work simultaneously; and

f. a condenser for liquifying vaporized working fluid from the highpressure vapor generator and the low pressure vapor generator.

2. The power generating system of claim 1 wherein the internalcombustion engine is a Diesel and the working fluid used in thesecondary power source, in the high pressure vapor generator and in thelow pressure vapor generator, is an organic fluid.

3. The power generating system of claim 2 further comprising aregenerator in the secondary source for transferring heat from thegaseous working fluid from the high pressure vapor generator, after itdeparts the expander and before it enters the condenser, to liquidworking fluid from the condenser destined for the high pressuregenerator.

1 4. A power generating system as defined in claim 2 wherein theexpander comprises a turbine having one shaft and two rotors thereon, afirst rotor comprising a reaction member for working fluid vapor fromthe high pressure vapor generator and the second rotor comprising areaction member for working fluid vapor from the low pressure vaporgenerator.

5. A power generating system as defined in claim 4 comprising anelectric generator driven by the turbine.

6. The power generating system of claim 1 further comprising aregenerator in the secondary source for transferring heat from thegaseous working fluid from the high pressure vapor generator, after itdeparts the expander and before it enters the condenser, to liquidworking fluid from the condenser destined for the low pressure vaporgenerator.

7. A method of recovery of reject heat from a combustion producing,fluid cooled primary power source comprising the steps of:

by means of reject heat from combustion products,

vaporizing a mass of organic working fluid having a boiling pointbetween and 300 F at atmospheric pressure in a vapor generator;

by means of reject heat from the coolant fluid of the primary source,vaporizing another mass of the same working fluid simultaneously in asecond vapor generator;

receiving simultaneously the vaporized working fluid from the first andsecond vapor generators; expanding the vaporized working fluid toproduce work;

condensing expanded working fluid;

pumping liquid working fluid to the first vapor generator at onepressure; and

pumping liquid working fluid to the second vapor generator at a secondpressure lower than the one pressure.

8. The method according to claim 7 further comprising the step ofpreheating the liquid working fluid from the condenser destined for thefirst vapor generator by transferring to it heat from expanded workingfluid from the first vapor generator.

9. The method according to claim 7 further comprising the step ofpreheating the liquid working fluid from the condenser destined for thesecond vapor generator by transferring to it heat from expanded workingfluid from the first vapor generator.

10. The method according to claim 7 wherein the expander is a dualexpansion chamber turbine and the expanding step further includes thesteps of driving a rotor in one chamber of the turbine expander by meansof vaporized working fluid from the first vapor generator andsimultaneously driving another rotor in the other chamber of the turbineexpander by means of vaporized fluid from the second vapor generator.

1. In a power generating system comprising a primary power source and asecondary power source, the primary power source comprising an internalcombustion engine, exhaust means for discharging hot combustion productsfrom the internal combustion engine, and closed coolant means confiningheat removing fluid in the internal combustion engine; the secondarypower source comprising a Rankine cycle power system adapted forutilization of reject heat from the primary source; the Rankine cyclepower system comprising: a. a high pressure vapor generator forvaporizing a working fluid at high pressure; b. first means fordirecting the hot combustion products from the exhaust means into heatexchange relationship with working fluid in the high pressure vaporgenerator; c. a low pressure vapor generator for vaporizing a workingfluid at low pressure; d. second means for directing the fluid from thecoolant means into heat exchange relationship with working fluid in thelow pressure vapor generator; e. a single expander means for receivingvaporized working fluid from both the high and low pressure vaporgenerators and adapted to permit both working fluid vapor from the highpressure vapor generator and working fluid vapor from the low pressurevapor generator to expand and perform work simultaneously; and f. acondenser for liquifying vaporized working fluid from the high pressurevapor generator and the low pressure vapor generator.
 2. The powergenerating system of claim 1 wherein the internal combustion engine is aDiesel and the working fluid used in the secondary power source, in thehigh pressure vapor generator and in the low pressure vapor generator,is an organic fluid.
 3. The power generating system of claim 2 furthercomprising a regenerator in the secondary source for transferring heatfrom the gaseous working fluid from the high pressure vapor generator,after it departs the expander and before it enters the condenser, toliquid working fluid from the condenser destined for the high pressuregenerator.
 4. A power generating system as defined in claim 2 whereinthe expander comprises a turbine having one shaft and two rotorsthereon, a first rotor comprising a reaction member for working fluidvapor from the high pressure vapor generator and the second rotorcomprising a reaction member for working fluid vapor from the lowpressure vapor generator.
 5. A power generating system as defined inclaim 4 comprising an electric generator driven by the turbine.
 6. Thepower generating system of claim 1 further comprising a regenerator inthe secondary source for transferring heat from the gaseous workingfluid from the high pressure vapor generator, after it departs theexpander and before it enters the condenser, to liquid working fluidfrom the condenser destined for the low pressure vapor generator.
 7. Amethod of recovery of reject heat from a combustion producing, fluidcooled primary power source comprising the steps of: by means of rejectheat from combustion products, vaporizing a mass of organic workingfluid having a boiling point between 100* and 300* F at atmosphericpressure in a vapor generator; by means of reject heat from the coolantfluid of the primary source, vaporizing another mass of the same workingfluid simultaneously in a second vapor generator; receivingsimultaneously the vaporized working fluid from the first and secondvapor generators; expanding the vaporized working fluid to produce work;condensing expanded working fluid; pumping liquid working fluid to thefirst vapor generator at one pressure; and pumping liquid working fluidto the second vapor generator at a second pressure lower than the onepressure.
 8. The method according to claim 7 further comprising the stepof preheating the liquid working fluid from the condenser destined forthe first vapor generator by transferring to it heat from expandedworking fluid from the first vapor generator.
 9. The method according toclaim 7 further comprising the step of preheating the liquid workingfluid from the condenser destined for the second vapor generator bytransferring to it heat from expanded working fluid from the first vaporgenerator.
 10. The method according to claim 7 wherein the expander is adual expansion chamber turbine and the expanding step further includesthe steps of driving a rotor in one chamber of the turbine expander bymeans of vaporized working fluid from the first vapor generator andsimultaneously driving another rotor in the other chamber of the turbineexpander by means of vaporized fluid from the second vapor generator.